Physical fitness: Benefits of exercise for the older patient. Part 2 of a roundtable discussion

Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 46-62

  Butler, Robert N ^a,b   Davis, Regina ^c   Lewis, Carole B ^d,e,f   Nelson, Miriam E ^g,h,i   Strauss, Elton ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b International Longevity Center   (United States)

^c American Council on Exercise

^d American Bd Phys Ther Specialties ^*

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Phys Ther Serv Washington DC I

^g American College of Sports Medicine

^h School of Nutrition

ⁱ TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FITNESS; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 0031723447     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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